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The latest proposed developments, housing and other construction projects, and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Boise
A new music venue in downtown Boise is under construction.
Hendricks Commercial Properties submitted a tenant improvement application for a second-story lounge, bar and restrooms at the future Treefort Music Hall.
The venue is being built at 722 W. Broad St. in BoDo at the site of the former Office Depot.
Hendricks is also developing the nearby Warehouse Food Hall at 370 S. 8th St., and the Hotel Renegade a few blocks to the west in the parking lot of The Owyhee apartments on the corner of 11th and Grove streets.
Treefort Music Hall is expected to open this summer and hold 500 to 700 people, according to previous Idaho Statesman reporting.
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A controversial 96-unit apartment complex in Northwest Boise appears to be moving forward in its early planning stages.
The apartments would be part of the Prominence development. The previously approved first two phases are planned to include 78 single-family homes and 52 townhouses. The new third phase would feature six 16-unit, two-story apartment buildings.
Boise-based Trilogy Development and its president, John A. Laude Sr., are behind the development at 8133 N. Bogart Lane.
Neighbors in the area have fought fiercely against the project since 2018.
Gem State Planning’s Jane Suggs is representing Trilogy Development. She’s listed as the project’s applicant. She held a pre-application meeting with city planners. The most recent development is that she applied for a neighborhood meeting list to invite neighbors to a presentation about the plans. A neighborhood meeting is required by the city for these types of projects.
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The recently closed Country Club Reel Theatre could be turning into retail space.
The movie theater on the Boise Bench closed this winter after being unable to recover from the ramifications of COVID-19, according to previous Idaho Statesman reporting.
The theater opened in 1994 with six screens and later switched to a discount model, showing older movies for cheaper tickets, the Statesman reported.
Altree CCP LLC, the building’s owner, has applied to convert the movie theater at 4500 W. Overland Road into retail space.
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A new bagel shop appears to be coming to downtown Boise’s West End. Good Times Bagels received a permit to install a kitchen exhaust hood at 2422 W. Main St.
Good Times Bagels’ website says a “Spring 2022” opening is planned.
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In-N-Out Burger is moving along with the process of opening a restaurant in Boise.
The burger joint applied for a conditional use permit and design review at 140 N. Milwaukee St., the site of the former Pier 1 Imports near the Boise Towne Square mall.
The Idaho Statesman previously reported that In-N-Out held a pre-application meeting with city planners in April.
The popular California-based fast food restaurant has yet to open an Idaho location but has plans to also open in Meridian.
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Southwest Boise residents may have stopped the city from building housing on a promised park site last year, but private landowners are still looking to capitalize on the surrounding space.
Steven Hanson is seeking to annex and rezone about 8 acres of land at 3750 S. Maple Grove Road. The single-family residential rezoning would allow Hayden Homes to build 43 houses in the proposed Crestgate Subdivision.
The subdivision would be adjacent to the contentious Murgoitio parcel, a property that was once promised as a park. Last year, residents fought the city’s attempt to sell the site to a housing developer.
The City Council plans a public hearing on the annexation and rezoning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at City Hall.
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With child care a growing concern for working parents, Micron Technology is requesting to rezone 4 acres at 8837 S. Federal Way to build a day care center.
The 19,000-square foot center would provide a place for employees to drop off their kids close to the Micron campus.
The City Council plans to hold a public hearing on the rezoning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at City Hall.
Meridian
A new complex of 42 apartments may be going up near The Village at Meridian.
Mile High Pines would have six apartments in each of seven buildings, with a mix of two- and three-bedroom units.
Each apartment would have a kitchen, living space, powder room and garage on the first level and the bedrooms with baths on the second, the application said. The complex would be located at 3277 E. Pine Ave.
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Mandie Brozo with CSHQA applied on behalf of a business to build a swim school at 2730 E. State Ave.
The school, Adventures in Aquatics, would have 8,766 square feet, the application said.
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Public Storage applied to build three new storage buildings on Ten Mile Road.
The buildings would have 4,800 square feet, 6,400 square feet and 3,200 square feet. They would be added to existing Public Storage buildings at 3959 Ten Mile Road, the application said.
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Notable
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean says the city is joining a national partnership among federal agencies and local governments called House America.
An initiative operated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the partnership aims to convene local leaders from around the U.S. to address homelessness and affordable housing issues.
The program has access to funds from the American Rescue Plan, a stimulus bill that passed through Congress last year.
Last winter, Boise announced an effort to build 250 more units of supportive housing, similar to the housing units available to formerly homeless veterans at Valor Pointe, 4203 W. State St.
The City Council has already committed $10 million in general funds to the project as well as ARPA dollars the city has received, said Council President Elaine Clegg at the announcement Tuesday, May 31. McLean said the new partnership will contribute to “making real the 250 units that we know we need.”
This story was originally published June 2, 2022 at 4:00 AM.
